Bonus Episode: The Blue Album by Weezer
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I'm coming out of the basement on The Basement for a quick interview with my son on an album that's dear to my heart: "the blue album" by Weezer. This cast is a companion piece to an upcoming episode of Album Anniversary by Ed Garcia of Power 97 Toronto, where he and I talked Weezer's debut album but after forcing Albie to listen to it for the first time, I knew we had to get behind the mic and get his intial reaction. Enjoy!
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Episode 0002, Part 2: "Who Run Bartertown?!"
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TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES!
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Episode 0002, Part 1: "Roger, Roger!"
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In our fifth episode covering the Ready Player Two novel, Albert and Will dissect part one of Chapter 0002 and cover the pop culture references of Air Jordans, Mr. Belvedere, Frasier, The Phantom Menace, Van Halen's 1984 album, rathtars and of course, Airplane! (again)
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Episode 0001, Part 2: "Wakanda Forever!"
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Join Albert and Will as they wrap up the pop culture references from Chapter 0001 in a music filled episode! The guys will be talking Arcadia (Duran Duran), Huey Lewis and the News, Joan Jett, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, Flock of Seagulls, Kansas, and Timbuk3! And to anchor the show, look for a breakdown of the sovereign nation of Wakanda!
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Episode 0001, Part 1: "KA LI MA SHAKTI DE!"
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It's a new year year and new episode of The Basement! Join Albert and Will for part one of Chapter 0001 of the Ready Player Two novel where the guys will be discussing what life is like for Wade after winning the contest. What do you do with $500 billion and complete control of the largest and most influential company in the world? You plan to leave of course!
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Episode 0000: "Is It Live, Or Is it Memorex?!"
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Albert and Will are back to breakdown chapter 0000 of the Ready Player Two novel! They start by wrapping up the Pop from "Cutscene" and then roll into the narrative for 0000 as well as they only reference not already covered: Memorex!
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Ready Player Two - Cutscene: "There Is No Spoon!" (With Ernie Cline)
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Albert and Will welcome author Ernest Cline to discuss "Cutscene", the first chapter from his new novel, Ready Player Two!
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Episode 0038 - 0039: "My Favorite Person!"
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This is it! It's Albert and Will together again for the the FINAL two chapters of the Ready Player One novel! We’ll also be talking about the “Maybe Pop” culture references we got right (or wrong) as well as the biggest pop culture references we didn’t see!
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Episode 0036 - 0037: "It's a Cookbook!"
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You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind...your next stop, the Basement Podcast!
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Episode 0033 - 0035: "WOLVERINES!"
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Albert and Will discuss chapters 0033, 0034, and 0035 of the Ready Player One novel and talk AC/DC, Woodstock, Return of the Jedi, Short Circuit, Frisbee's, Voltron, and 1984's Red Dawn!
info_outlineEpisode 0006, Part 6: Dedicated, Inseparable, Invincible!
Lords of Light! It’s the first show of the new year and Albert is joined by Jonesy from the Cantina Cast to wrap up the pop culture armada found in Chapter 0006! The guys cover Jeopardy, Space Giants, Battle of the Planets, Misfits of Science, Thundarr the Barbarian, Van Halen, Devo, and much more with a special take on the influence of George Lucas. C’mon you Demon Dogs, give this one a listen!
Terry Prachett (1948 - 2015)
- DiscWorld
- The Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation games
Robert A. Heinlein (Auth) (1907 - 1988)
- Starship Troopers staring Doogie Howser, and Jester from Top Gun
- Sons of the Lawless and Jake Busey
- 8 million sequels and the reboot
Michael Moorcock (1938 - present)
- Moorcock Multiverse and the Eternal Champion
- Similarities with avatars in The OASIS
Jeopardy (1964 - Present)
- Alex Trebek and his mighty mustache
- Favorite game show of the past
- Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy April Fools
- Jonesy plays a round of Jeopardy!
The Space Giants (Late 70’s - I’m going to say it was around ’78 or even ’79)
- Origins of the show and Rodak’s shimmery smile
- Albert walked home from school when he was 1
- This shows grows on you, doesn’t it?
Misfits of Science (1985 - 1986)
- The prequel to ALF and Friends
- Tim Kring is a patient man
- Karen Lawrence is underrated
- Leo from Grease and Mr. Hand are in this one
- Thomas Dolby strikes again
Battle of the Planets (1978 - 1980)
- Origins and US beginnings
- "TRANSMUTE!"
- Star Wars influences
- Notable differences between the US and Japanese versions
- 7 Zark 7 is a creeper
Thundarr the Barbarian (1980 - 1983)
- Cast and Crew
- “Tarzan in space”, and the Lords of Light special
- Star Wars influences
- Thundarr the ROCK BAND!
- Vashar belongs in Eternia
- Endor - wut??
Devo (Band) 1973 - Present
- The definitive New Wave band
- Band origin name
- Top 3 songs
- What is an Energy Dome?
Van Halen (1972 - Present)
- Band and band name origins
- Who really named the band?
- Van Halen vs. Van Hagar
- No one knows where Dave is anymore
- Top 234 songs
- It wasn’t Gary Cherone’s fault
Zaxxon (1982)
- Game name origin
- First arcade to have a commercial
- After 37 years nothing has changed: Albert still SUCKS at Zaxxon
Akalabeth (1979)
- Richard Garriott’s first work
- The alumni of Clear Creek High School in Houston TX
- The sales strategies of Akalabeth and Anorak’s Quest
- A game of firsts
George Walton Lucas Jr. (1944)
- George was better than we were at age 30...barely.
- Favorite movies NOT starting with “Star Wars”
- George’s influences
- George’s legacy
- What Star Wars means to us
Hosts
- Albert “Lord of Light” Padilla
- Jonesy “Demon Dog”
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